Catholic religious orders are organizations of laity and/orclergy in the Roman Catholic Church who live under a common rule. They are to be distinguished from Holy Orders, the sacrament which bishops, priests, and deacons receive. A religious order is an organization of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with religious devotion. ... In religious organizations, the laity comprises all lay persons collectively. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... The Roman Catholic Church (commonly known as the Catholic Church) is the Christian Church which is led by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that it is the one holy catholic and apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ. ... Holy Orders in the modern Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, Assyrian, Old Catholic, and Independent Catholic Churches, includes three degrees: bishop, priest, and deacon. ... A sacrament is a Christian rite that mediates divine grace—a holy mystery. ...

What distinguishes members of religious orders from the rest of the laity and the clergy is that they try to imitate Jesus Christ by taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. They may additionally profess to obey certain guidelines for living. Jesus (Greek Ιησούς [Iēsoũs]) (8-2 BC/BCE – 29-36 AD/CE) also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ, where Christ is a title meaning Anointed One and corresponding to the... Monastic vows are the public vows of poverty, chastity and obedience professed by the monks in the Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox tradition. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ... Chastity, in many religious and cultural contexts, is a virtue concerning the state of the mind and body. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

There are a number of types of organizations commonly called "religious orders": orders proper, in which members take solemn vows and congregations, whose members take simple vows. Orders are all older than congregations and include: the Dominicans and Franciscans. More recently founded institutes of religious life like the Jesuits, Legionaries of Christ, and Congregation of Holy Cross are organized as congregations. In more recent times, "Societies of Apostolic Life" have formed which are similar to Institutes of Consecrated Life except that members are bound by an oath rather than a vow, and also secular institutes. A congregation is a religious institute of Roman Catholics in which only simple vows, not solemn vows, are taken. ... Franciscans is the common name used to designate a variety of mendicant religious orders of men or women tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... // Introduction The Legion of Christ is a Catholic religious congregation established in 1941 in Mexico by Fr. ... The Congregation of Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests and brothers and affiliated congregations of sisters. ... A Society of Apostolic Life is a kind of religious order within the Roman Catholic Church, whose members do not profess religious vows, unlike members of an Institute of Consecrated Life. ... An Institute of Consecrated Life is a religious order within the Roman Catholic Church, whose members profess the religious vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. ...

Other forms of religious life include hermits and consecrated virgins. A hermit, also known as an anchorite or anchoress, is a person living in voluntary seclusion, often for religious reasons. ...

List of Roman Catholic orders

The following list refers to some of the major Catholic religious institutes, both orders, and others; it should be understood that communities using the same name may exist in Anglican or Eastern Orthodox traditions as well, as well as more than one Catholic order with the same name. Each is accompanied by its official name in English as well as the acronym (or "post-nominal initials") commonly used to identify its members. In parenthesis is the year it was established. The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Eastern Orthodoxy (also called Greek Orthodoxy and Russian Orthodoxy) is a Christian tradition which represents the majority of Eastern Christianity. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Post-nominal letters also called Post-nominal initials or Post-nominal titles are letters placed after the name of an individual to indicate that that individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, or honour. ...

1. Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
2. Adorers (Adorers of the Blood of Christ) - A.S.C.
3. Adornos (Clerics Regular Minor) - C.R.M.
4. Angelic Sisters of St. Paul - A.S.S.P.
5. Assumptionists (Augustinians of the Assumption) - A.A.
6. Atonement, Society of the (Atonement Friars/Graymoor Friars/Sisters) - S.A. (1909)
7. Augustinian Recollects - (Order of the Augustinians Recollects) - O.A.R.
8. Augustinian Sisters, Servants of Jesus and Mary - A.S.J.M.
9. Augustinians (Order of Saint Augustine) - O.S.A. (1256)
10. Baladites (Order of Lebanese Maronite) - O.L.M.
11. Barnabites (Clerics Regular of Saint Paul) - B., C.R.S.P. (1530)
12. Basilians (Congregation of St. Basil) - C.S.B. (1822)
13. Benedictines (Order of Saint Benedict) - O.S.B. (1216)
14. Bernardines (also see Cistercians)
15. Bethany Ashram (Order of the Imitation of Christ) - O.I.C. (1930)
16. Bridgettines (Order of Our Savior) - C.S.B. (1350)
17. Brotherhood of Hope - B.H.
18. Brothers of Christian Instruction of St Gabriel -S.G. (1711)
19. Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallian Brothers or Christian Brothers) - F.S.C. (1680)
20. Brothers of Mercy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help - f.m.m.
21. Camaldolese (Camaldolese Benedictines) - O.S.B. Cam.
22. Camaldolese Hermits of the Congregation of Monte Corona - Er.Cam.
23. Camillians (Order of Saint Camillus) - O.S.Cam.
24. Canossians (Canossian Daughters and Sons of Charity) - F.D.D.C.
25. Canonesses of St. Augustine - C.R.O.S.A.
26. Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem - C.R.N.J. (2002)
27. Capuchins (Order of Friars Minor Capuchin) - O.F.M. Cap. (1520)
28. Capuchin Poor Clares
29. Carmelites (Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel) - O.Carm., O.C.D., O.C.D.S. (1209)
30. Carmelites of Mary Immaculate - C.M.I. (1831)
31. Carmelite Sisters of the Aged and Infirm
32. Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus (Central Province)
33. Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus(Northern Province)
34. Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles
35. Carthusians - O.Cart. (1084)
36. Celestines (defunct) (1244)
37. Cistercians (Cistercians of the Ancient Observance)- O.Cist./S.O.Cist (1098)
38. Claretians (Claretian Missionaries) - C.M.F.
39. Columbans (Missionary Society of St. Columban) - S.S.C.
40. Companion of the Cross - C.C.
41. Congregatio Immaculatae Cordis Mariae (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary), also Scheutfathers, Scheutists, or Missionhurst - C.I.C.M. (1862)
42. Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord - C.D.D
43. Congregation of Holy Cross - C.S.C.
44. Congregation of Notre Dame - C.N.D.
45. Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary - SS.CC. (1800)
46. Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sisters)
47. Congregatio Fratrum Cellitarum seu Alexianorum (Alexians) (Cellites) - C.F.A
48. Conventual Franciscans (Conventuals or Order of Friars Minor Conventual) - O.F.M. Conv. (1209)
49. Christian Brothers of Ireland - C.F.C (1802)
50. Crosiers (Canons Regular of the Holy Cross) - O.S.C.
51. Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul - D.C.
52. Daughters of Divine Charity - F.D.C. (1868)
53. Daughters of Divine Love - D.D.L. (1969)
54. Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception
55. Daughters of St. Paul - F.S.P. (1915)
56. Daughters of the Holy Spirit - D.H.S. (1706)
57. Dehonians (Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus) - S.C.J.
58. Divine Word Missionaries - S.V.D. (1875)
59. Discalced Augustinians - O.A.D. (1592)
60. Discalced Carmelites - O.C.D.
61. Dominicans (Order of Friars Preachers) - O.P. (1216)
62. Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne - O.P. (1900)
63. Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception - O.P. (1861)
64. Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia(Nashville, TN) - O.P. (1860)
65. Dominican Nuns of Our Lady of the Rosary
66. Dottrinari (Congregazione dei Preti della Dottrina Cristiana) - D.C.
67. Eudists (Congregation of Jesus and Mary) - C.I.M.
68. Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn - O.S.F.
69. Franciscan Brothers of the Eucharist - O.S.F.
70. Franciscan Friars (Order of Friars Minor) - O.F.M. (1209)
71. Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word (EWTN friars)
72. Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
73. Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood - F.M.D.M
74. Franciscan Missionaries of Mary - F.M.M
75. Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
76. Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity
77. Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist - O.S.F.
78. Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate
79. Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate
80. Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother - T.O.R.
81. Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration] - O.S.F.
82. Fathers of Mercy - (Congregatio Presbyterorum a Misericordia)
83. Franciscan Friars of the Third Order Regular - T.O.R.
84. Fransalians (Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales) - M.S.F.S.
85. Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart - G.N.S.H
86. Good Shepherd Sisters - R.G.S
87. Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity - A.A.S.C.
88. Handmaids of the Precious Blood - H.P.B.
89. Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - A.A.S.C.
90. Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
91. Holy Cross Fathers (Congregation of Holy Cross) - C.S.C.
92. Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Pink Sisters)
93. Order of Hospitalers (Hospitaler Brothers of St. John of God) - O.H. (1100)
94. Infant Jesus Sisters (Nicolas Barre) - I.J
95. Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest - I.C.R.S.S. (1990)
96. Institute of the Incarnate Word - I.I.W. (1984)
97. Jerusalem Communities
98. Jesuits (Society of Jesus) - S.J. (1534)
99. Josephines of Asti (Oblates of St. Joseph) - O.S.I.
100. Josephite Fathers and Brothers (St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart) - S.S.J.
101. Lazarists or Vincentians (Congregation of the Mission) - C.M. (1624)
102. Legionaries of Christ - L.C. (1941)
103. Little Brothers of the Good Shepperd - B.G.S
104. Little Brothers of the Gospel - (1956)
105. Little Brothers of Jesus - (1933)
106. Little Brothers of St Francis
107. Little Sisters of the Gospel - (1963)
108. Little Sisters of Jesus - (1933)
109. Little Sisters of Jesus and Mary
110. Little Sisters of the Poor - L.S.P. (ca. 1700s)
111. Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary) - I.B.V.M.
112. Marian Fathers - M.I.C.
113. Marianists (Society of Mary) - S.M.
114. Marianist Sisters (Daughters of Mary Immaculate) - F.M.I.
115. Marists (Society of Mary) - S. M.(1817)
116. Marist Brothers - F.M.S. (1817)
117. Maryknoll (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America) - M.M. (1911)
118. Mercedarians (Order of Our Lady of Mercy) - O. de M.
119. Missionaries of Charity - M.C. (1950)
120. Missionaries of the Gospel of Life
121. Missionaries of the Poor
122. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - M.S.C.
123. Norbertines or Premonstratensians (Canons Regular of Prémontré) - C.R.P., O.Praem. (1120)
124. Olivetans (Order of Our Lady of Mount Olivet) (1313)
125. Oblates Of Mary Immaculate - O.M.I. (1816)
126. Oblates Of The Virgin Mary - O.M.V. (1827)
127. Oblate Sisters of Providence -O.S.P. (1829)
128. Oratorians (Oratory of St. Philip Neri) - C.O., Cong. Orat. (1500s)
129. Order of St. Elisabeth O.S.E. (1622)
130. Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate) - S.A.C. (1835)
131. Paris Foreign Missions Society (Missions Etrangères de Paris) - M.E.P. (1658)
132. Passionists [1] (Congregation of the Passion) - C.P. (1720)
133. Passionist Nuns
134. Pauline Fathers (Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit) [2]
135. Paulists (Congregation of St. Paul) - C.S.P.
136. Piarists (Clerics Regulars Poors of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools) - Sch.P. (1617)
137. Poor Clares (Nuns of the Order of St. Clare/(Order of Poor Ladies) - O.S.C.
138. Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration (EWTN nuns)
139. Presentation Brothers - F.P.M.
140. Presentation Sisters - P.M.
141. Presentation Sisters or Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - P.B.V.M.
142. Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter - F.S.S.P. (1988)
143. Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer) - C.Ss.R. (1732)
144. Religious of the Cenacle - R.C.
145. Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan - R.S.M.
146. Resurrectionists - C.R.
147. Rogationists of the Heart of Jesus - R.C.J.
148. Rosminians (Institute of Charity) - I.C.
149. Sacramentines (Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament) - S.S.S.
150. Salesians of St. John Bosco - S.D.B. (1857)
151. Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christian) - F.M.A.
152. Salvatorians (Society of the Divine Savior) - S.D.S. (1881)
153. Scalabrians (Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo) - C.S. (1887)
154. School Sisters of Christ the King
155. School Sisters of Notre Dame - S.S.N.D. (1833)
156. School Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis
157. Servites (Order of Friars, Servants of Mary) - O.S.M. (1233)
158. Sister Adorers of the Precious Blood - R.P.G. (1861)
159. Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest
160. Sisters of Charity - S.C.
161. Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - B.V.M.
162. Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
163. Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary - S.N.J.M. (1844)
164. Sisters of Jesus, Our Hope
165. Sisters of La Retraite
166. Sisters of Life - S.L. (1991)
167. Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist - O.P. (1997)
168. Sisters of Mercy - R.S.M. (1831)
169. Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - S.N.D., S.N.D. de N. (1803)
170. Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy
171. Sisters of St Francis of the Martyr St George - O.S.F.
172. Sisters of St Joseph - C.S.J. or S.S.J. (1650)
173. Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart - S.S.J. (1866)
174. Society of the Precious Blood (Precious Blood Fathers) - C.PP.S.
175. Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary – IHM – 1845
176. Sisters, Servants of the Most Sacred heart of Jesus
177. Society of Saint Paul - S.S.P (1914)
178. Spiritans or Holy Ghost Fathers (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) - C.S.Sp (1703)
179. Stigmatines (Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata) - C.S.S.
180. Sulpician Fathers (Society of Saint Sulpice) - S.S., P.S.S. (1642)
181. Theatines (Congregation of Clerics Regular) - C.R. (1524)
182. Trappists (Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance) - O.C.R., O.C.S.O. (1662)
183. Trinitarians (Order of the Most Holy Trinity) - O.SS.T. (1194)
184. Ursulines (Ursuline Nuns of the Roman Union) - O.S.U. (1535)
185. Ursulines (Ursuline Sisters of Tildonck) - S.U. (1535)
186. Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity - M.V.D.F
187. Viatorians (Clerics of Saint Viator) - C.S.V. (1831)
188. Vincentians or Lazarists (Congregation of the Mission) - C.M.
189. Vocationists (Clerics of the Divine Vocation) - S.D.V.
190. Xaverians or Xaverian Brothers (Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier) - S.X.

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The Congregation of the Holy Spirit and Immaculate Heart of Mary (known more simply as the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, or in Latin, Congregatio Sancti Spiriti (CSSp) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests. ... Society of Saint-Sulpice ... The Theatines were a male religious order of the Catholic Church. ... The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, or Trappists, are a Roman Catholic religious order, and follow the Rule of St. ... The Trinitarians are an order of monks founded at Rome in 1198 by St. ... The Ursulines are a religious order founded at Brescia, Italy by St. ... The Ursulines are a religious order founded at Brescia, Italy by St. ... The Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity (VDMF) is an Institution of Consecrated Life of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Viatorians, or Clerics of Saint Viator (abbreviated C.S.V.), are a Roman Catholic religious order founded in Lyons, France in 1831 by Father Louis Querbes. ... Lazarites (Lazarists or Lazarians) are the popular names of the Congregation of Priests of the Mission in the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Society of Divine Vocations, founded by Fr. ...

External links

• Institute on Religious Life - links to many Catholic religious religious communties
• Vocations Online - directory of men's and women's Catholic religious communities in the USA
• Vision Vocation Guide for Catholic Vocations
• Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious -religious congregations of women
• Open Directory links to Catholic orders' websites
• The Congregation for Insititues of Consecrated Life and Socieites of Apostolic Life - Vatican